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TABLE VI. 



127 Decussata, decussated, where the pairs cross each other in 



a regular manner. 



128 Verticillata, verticillate, whorled, where three or more 



leaves surround the stem. 



129 Ternata, Quaterna, &c. three or four together, &c. accord- 



ing to the number of leaves surrounding each joint. 



III. Direction. 



130 Erectum, erect, upright, perpendicular. 



131 Strictum, straight, quite perpendicular, without flexure or 



bending. 



132 Rigidum, rigid, stiff, not easily bent 



133 Adpressum, adprest, the disk of the leaf pressed towards 



the stem. 



134 Patens, patent, spreading, making an acute angle with the 



stem. 



135 Horizontals, horizontal, growing from the stem at right 



angles. 



136 Assurgens, assurgent, bending upwards, 33. 



137 Inflexum, inftex, bending inwards towards the stem. 



138 Reclinatum, reclinate, bending downwards archwise, the 



apex ascending. 



139 Recurvatum, recurvate, bent backwards, in the form of an 



arch, the convex side upwards. 



140 Revolutum, revolute, rolled back, in form of a scroll. 



141 Dependens, dependent, hanging with the point downwards. 



142 Obliquum, oblique, the base looking upwards, the apex to 



the horizon. 



143 Verticale, vertical, leaves so situated that the base is per- 



pendicular to the apex. 



144 Resupinatum, resupinate, when the lower disk of the leaf 



looks upwards. , 



145 Submersum, submersed, sunk under the surface of the water* 



146 Natans, natant, floating on the surface of the water; 



147 Radicans, radkant, striking root. 



